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ing under the care of Rev. Il. S. CrOsley.
The Freeport church has been fully paid
fora fair at Richmond on Wednesday
and Thursday of this week-Br. Stanford
Mitchell has been preaching and sing
ing at South Berwick; fair, with pleas
ing stage accompaniments, but no
"chauce attractions" was literally at
tended. = Stanford Mitchell held meet
ings from Jan. 16 to % at Round Pond
"A series Of meetings was recently held
at Cornish, under charge of Rev. @. II.
Shinn. Rev. Messrs. Crosley, Sims and
Mitchell were also in attendance and
preached to the profit and satisfaction of
large congregations.
NEW HAMPSHIR E.-Rev. w. A.
Dillingham; was installed at Dover on
Wednesday of last week. Rsv. Messrs.
Demarest, Morrison and Capen took part
in the interesting service. = A course of
evening doctrinal lectures are now being
delivered, exciting profound interest. =
The annual fair at Kingston took place
Jan. IL and IL, adding to the treasury
over $175. The pastor here has adopted
the plan of having selections read at the
Sunday evening praise meetings and
found that it added materially to the in
terest.
VERMONT Rev. +. w. Whippen, of
Putney, has begun a series of sermons
on Universalist doctrines. The Sunday
school is prospecting The pastors Bible
class of young men are now engaged in
the study of the Old Teetament.-Re
Dr. McCollester, of Marlboro, recently
lectured before the divinity students of
Tufts College on the Holy Land.
MASSACHUSETTS,. = Rev. DIR Ship
man, of Tufts College, will deliver the
Founders Day address at Dean Academy.
The Son1erville Journal of last week
pays beautiful tribute to the late Mrs:
Cornelia B. Skinner. 1t says: Faithful
always to the interests of her family and
devoted helper to her husband during
long years of pastoral work, she still
found time to fulfil many public duties,
and all the work she did was done thor
oughly and well. As a member of the
school board her influence was exerted in
behalf of many useful measures, and her
intelligent service there won for her the
esteem and regard Of her associates. In
her home, in the church life and in her
social relations she was all that could
spected."
Parish Intelligence The church at
Plainville and all its aids are free from
debit Mrs. W. A. Start is actively en-
gagged in the work incident to the presi-
dency of the Woman's Missionary Socie-
ty of the State.-A Sunday. school has
been organized at South Braintree.-The
Arlington parish has paid its quota to the
State Convention. A new method of col
lecting missionary funds has proved sue
cessful The Sunday school in Milford
ranks second in the town; in average at.
tendance it ranks frst.-A concert at
Shirley village for the church was sue
cessful.-The Coronation of Columbus
is soon to be given at Salem for the organ
fund.-Ihe parish at Worcester, under
the ministry of Rev. Mr. Harris, is pros
pering beyond precedent. The congrega-
tions are very large and the financial con-
dition first class.-A reception was lately
given to Rev. George J. Sanger and wife
by the members of the West Gloucester
society," $1,000 of the proceeds of the
great fair recently held at Cambridge.
port, have been placed on interest as
the nucleus of new church fund.
CONNECTICUT. - Rev. Henry Will
hanson, of Dundee, Scotland, preached
week ago Sunday at his old home in
Norwich, Conn. The church is still with
out the active service of pastor.-The
new pastor at Stafford, Rev. Mr.. Sim
mons, finds pleasant home among de-
voted and earnest people. The Sunday
school is alive and earnest and the out
look of the parish is promising
NEW YORK.-Rev. DIR. A. G.. Gaines
preached at Canton, January 8, just sew.
enteen years after his first sermon as pas
tor of the parish. For fourteen years
DR.. Gaines has been the president of the
collegiate department of st. Lawrence
University-TheU Utica church fair recent
ly held was quite successful. The Super
intendent of the Sunday school, Mr. j. G.
Jones, has occupied the position for
twenty five years and is now entering on
the twenty sixth year of service.
PENNSYLVANIA Missionary
Crusade. The Leader reports:
"The fret installment of meetings of the
Pennsylvania Missionary Crusade, held
monthly in weak parishes or in new fields of
labor, has proved decided success. Organ
lied Universalism has gained a parish at
Montrose with fifteen families, ten church
members, and church property of $1,000;
at Susquehanna five church members, the
only additions in twelve years; at Gibson
seven members, the first additions for seven
teen years; at New Milford, an entirely new
field, we have organized parish with at
least fifteen families The meetings were
largest at New Milford and Susquehanna.
Collections were taken at nearly every one of
the fifty services held that averaged little
over $2,-$103. AS being the sum of receipts
aud S159.48 that of expenditures. Gould $56
of mission funds have been better expend-